Periodically campaigns are run to clean up the shoreline mess. To date over $1 billion has been spent with no appreciable difference in the pollution.
Rio has hired a Dutch firm to help them with their problem, but the Dutch firm is only tracking water currents and predicting where the worst pollution will be. No one yet seems tasked with actually picking up the floating or shoreline refuse. It’s not just the sailors who will be exposed to the crud. Swimmers in Copacabana waters will be exposed to a nasty brew of bacteria. "In the waters just off Copacabana beach, the measurement of fecal coliform bacteria spiked to 16 times the Brazilian government's satisfactory level as recently as three weeks ago, bad news for the marathon swimmers and triathletes set to compete there," the AP noted in November. Elite athletes give up much to become Olympians, their health shouldn’t be one of those things. Some nasties they can expect to encounter: hepatitis, worms, diarrhea, tetanus, leptospirosis. Sources: Science Daily The Guardian The Atlantic
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There is a political party formed to stop 1080’s use. Bill Wallace of the Ban-1080 Political Party, distanced himself and his party from the threatened poisoners calling their action totally inappropriate. NZ Green Party is neutral on the subject of 1080.
Sources: Washington Post Toxipedia 1080:The Facts They also pointed out the abuse of the Therapeutic Use Exemption(TUE) which allowed some athletes to take what would normally be banned substances and also that some more favoured athletes were allowed to present backdated prescriptions.
The doping probably has not ceased. It is more likely that the mass team doping has stopped and more subtle and incrementally smaller dosages are being used. One unnamed but “respected” professional cyclist felt that 90 percent of the professional peloton continues to dope, though “he thought that there was little orchestrated team doping in the manner that teams had previously employed,” according to the report. Another professional, also unnamed, put the figure at 20 percent. Velo News This year’s professional cycling is underway. The Tour de France starts July 4th. Sources: Velo News CIRC Report Executive Summary - Velo News
For those taking statins to deal with serious health care issues, it may be time to consult with your health care provider. For those who are taking these cholesterol reducing drugs as a precaution to prevent artery disease, it may be time to consult with your health care provider as well. Diabetes is a serious disease that has the capacity to disable and kill.
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